I Love the Holidays

I Love the Holidays
Genre	Documentary
Narrated by	Doug Jeffers
Composer	Rob Cairns
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Karla Hidalgo Meredith Ross Michael Hirschorn Shelly Tatro
Producer	Pat Twist
Editor	Emad Abi-Hashim
Running time	64 min.
Original release
Network	VH1
Release	November 20, 2005 (2005-11-20)
Related
I Love the '80s I Love the '70s I Love the '80s Strikes Back I Love the '90s I Love the '90s: Part Deux I Love the '80s 3-D I Love Toys I Love the '70s: Volume 2 I Love the New Millennium Best of I Love the... I Love the 2000s

I Love the Holidays is a television special and the seventh installment of the I Love... series that premiered on VH1 on November 20, 2005.[1] It follows the same format as VH1's I Love... where commentators talk about the holidays.

Commentators

• Carlos Alazraqui
• Antigone Rising (Cassidy and Kristen Henderson)
• Biz Markie
• Michael Ian Black
• Chris Booker
• Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
• Bow Wow Wow (Leigh Gorman and Annabella Lwin)
• Michael Bublé
• Charo
• Santa Claus
• Jennifer Elise Cox
• Molly Culver
• Stephanie D'Abruzzo
• Rocco Dispirito
• The Donnas (Allison Robertson and Maya Ford)
• Simon Doonan
• Bil Dwyer
• Nicole Eggert
• Rich Eisen
• Elvira
• Greg Fitzsimmons
• Tyler Florence
• Jake Fogelnest
• Godfrey
• Elon Gold
• Genevieve Gorder
• Gilbert Gottfried
• Erin Gray
• Luis Guzman
• Rachael Harris
• Marilu Henner
• Mark Hoppus
• Clint Howard
• Scott Ian
• Invisible Man
• Ron Jeremy
• Chris Jericho
• Jake Johannsen
• Jo Koy
• Loni Love
• Stephen Lynch
• Elf Mackenzie
• Kathleen Madigan
• Debbie Matenopoulos
• Edwin McCain
• Jay McCarroll
• Darryl McDaniels
• John Melendez
• Modern Humorist
• Billy Morrison
• Jason Mraz
• Mummy
• Nelson
• Graham Norton
• Patrice O'Neal
• Megyn Price
• Rachel Quaintance
• Mo Rocca
• Darius Rucker
• Dave "Snake" Sabo
• Stuart Scott
• Willard Scott
• Sherri Shepherd
• Brad Sherwood
• Dee Snider
• Rick Springfield
• Joel Stein
• French Stewart
• Brenda Strong
• Alan Thicke
• Turkey
• Frank Vincent
• John Waters
• Evan Wecksell
• Lauren Weedman
• Kevin Weisman
• Wil Wheaton
• Andrew W.K.
• Chris Wylde
• "Weird Al" Yankovic
• Cedric Yarbrough
• Zero Boy

Recurring segments

• Yule Log: Three yule logs are presented but are interrupted by three Christmas songs.
• Weird Al's Holiday Survival Guide: "Weird Al" Yankovic presents the survival guides for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas and New Year's.
• Holiday Cheer from Patrice O'Neal: Patrice O'Neal wears an "arrow through the head".
• Santa Does Stand-Up: Santa Claus tells jokes about Christmas.

List of ideas and events

• It's a Wonderful Life
• Hell Night
• "The Chanukah Song" by Adam Sandler
• Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
• Halloween (previously discussed on I Love the '70s)
• Dreidels
• The First Thanksgiving
• It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
• Hanukkah
• "Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris" Pickett
• Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas
• Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
• "Feliz Navidad" by José Feliciano
• Black Friday
• Halloween costumes
• Monsters (specifically The Invisible Man, werewolves, mummies, Frankenstein and Dracula)
• Fruitcake
• Latkes
• Annual presidential turkey pardon
• The Rockettes
• Thanksgiving Day (specifically turkeys, yams, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, deviled eggs, macaroni, meatballs, lasagna, salad, cranberry sauce, tofurkey and turducken)
• Witches
• "Christmas in Hollis" by Run-D.M.C.
• New Year's Eve (specifically New Year's parties, New Year's resolutions, New Year's Eve in Times Square, New Year's kiss and "Auld Lang Syne")

Yule Log #1: "White Christmas"

Surviving Halloween: Hell Night, Halloween candy and Halloween costumes

Surviving Thanksgiving: turkeys, stuffing and Black Friday

Yule Log #2: "The Christmas Song"

Surviving Hanukkah: dreidels, Hanukkah gelt and presents

Holiday Cheer: Arrow Through the Head

Surviving Christmas: eggnog, mistletoe, carolers and fruitcake

Yule Log #3: "Jingle Bells"

Surviving New Year's: alcoholic drinks, dating, countdowns and Dick Clark

Santa Does Stand-Up: The reindeer flying with rockets surgically attached to their feet, Santa Claus switching from leprechauns to elves, and elves making Santa Claus a teleporter

References

1. MacLeish, Jessica (September 30, 2019). "How VH1's 'I Love the...' Created a Generation of Culture Students". The Ringer.

External links

• I Love the Holidays at IMDb
• I Love the Holidays on VH1

Preceded by I Love the '80s 3-D

I Love the Holidays

Next: I Love Toys